Rail-joint.



H. DAVIS.

RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FJLED APR. H. I916.

1 1 89,069. Pat'vntvd June 27', 1916.

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H. DAVIS.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17, IBIS- 1,189,069; Patented June 27,1916.

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H. DAVIS. RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED APR-17,1916.

Patented June 27, 1916.

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RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pate t d J 27 1916 Application flled April 17, 1916. Serial No, 91,690.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Huori DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Melvin, in the county of Sanilac and State of Michigan, have inve: ted new-and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, ofwhich the follow ing is a specification.

This invention relates to means for connecting the meeting ends of two rails.

The primary object of the invention is to provide the meeting ends of railway rails with interengaging members which are adapted to guide the rails into proper alinement and when the rails are associated, tend to prevent the lateral or sinking movement thereof, but permitting of a limited longitudinal movement incident to the expansion and contraction of the rails and also to hold the rails in proper registering alinement.

With the above and other objects in view the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of two rails constructed and connected in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken approximately in a line with the connecting members for the rails, Fig. 3 1s a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 2, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the connected rails, the chair memher being dispensed with, Fig. 5 is a per spective view of one of the rail ends, Fig. 6 is a similar view of the co-acting rail end, Fig. 7 is a top plan view illustrating a modification of two connected rails, Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the rail ends, and Fig. 9 isa similar view of the other or co acting rail end.

In the drawings, 10 and 11 designate two rails which rest upon and are secured to the ordinary ties 12. The rails have their body portions or" the ordinary construction, each including a head, a web and a base flange, but if desired the webs may be thickened at the ends of the rails. The rail 10 has both its head and its base extending beyond its 50 web, and the end of its web formed with a vertically disposed substantially V-shaped pocket 13, and its base flange cut angularly from one of its edges to the other, as indiangular end 14. of the basenange, providmg the said head with a tongue 15,-and the said head is cuthorizontally and vertically at an angle opposite to that of theinner angular wall. of the tongue 15 providing the sa1d end of the rail with a lower tongue 16. The angular cuts upon what I Will term the lnner walls of both the tongues 15 and 16 start from diagonally opposite points on the s1des of the head, as clearly illustrated in the drawings. The second rail 11 has its web PIOJGCtlIlg beyond its base flange and the end of the said web pointed or \I-shaped 1n plan, as indicated by the numeral 17 and thisv-shaped end is adapted to be snugly rece1ved1n the V-shaped pocket of the web of the rail 10, when the rail ends are associated. The base flange of the rail 11 is cut angularly, as at 18, and thisangular end of the sa d flange is adapted to abut with the angular end Moi the base of the rail 10, when the rails are connected." The head of the rail 11 terminates approximately in a line with the pointed end of the web 17 thereof and the head, from the upper surface or tread thereof is out vertically at an angle providing the said tread'portion of the head at the end of the rail with a tongue 19. The head of the rail, approximately centrally thereof, is cut horizontally, while the lower portion oi the head is cut vertically in an angular direction providing a lower tongue 20, and the inner oranguiar wall of the said lower tongue is disposed at an opposite angle to the inner or angular wall of the upper tongue 19. The said angular wall of the lower tongue. underlies the lower horizontally straight wall of the upper tongue "for a considerable distance and the said wall of the said lower tongue also projects over the extending web so that the said web provides a horizontally straight shoulder 21 which is disposed below the upper tongue 19. The angular walls of the upper tongues 15 and 19 as well as the angular walls of the lower tongues 16 and 20 are adapted to abut when the rail ends are assembled, and the shoulder 21 provides a rest for the lower tongue 16 of the rail 10.

By a construction as above described it will be noted'that the beveled cr angular faces on the ends of the co-acting rails when brought into contacting relation with cated by the numeral 1 1. The head at the 5 upper portion or tread surface thereof 1s also cut angularly, in the direction-of the each other. will serve as means for properly 11o iding the rails 'in a position to be connected and the interlocking engagement iselongated openings in the webs of the rails and passing through these openings are the usual connecting bolts that are provided with the ordinary securing nuts. The chair may be spiked to ties in the ordinary manner.

In Figs. 7 to 9 the webs and base flanges of the rails and 26 have their ends constructed substantially similar to that just described, but the head of the rail 25 is formed at its end with a longitudinally dis posed V-shaped slot or depression 2'? which is closed for the major portion of its length by the upper and horizontally straight wall or shoulder 28 provided by the upper surface of the web 0 the said rail 25. The other rail 26 h formed with a longitudinally ubstantiallf t shaped tongue Willi apted to be received in the slot the i ce of said tongue is adapted to remr on the shoulder depression 2? the rail 25, and

28. The end of the 3 Lil? rail 26 the inner terminal tongue 29 is 36 to receive 11 J3 +3 t; hi1? formed with vertical shoulders at i outward 0' vertical walls providing i sion 2?, as clearly shown it is to he understood her similar to that previousl be employed in cozotiectio and also that the 0.. nected to the said chair in nor.

From the above descripti nection with the acoornpan in 1 .21.? n A 'flo the simplicity device 5,55 as head 0i arly disposed slot or ole-pres drawings.

a chair rnein described may with these rails, rails are conusual. man

msaoee advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. The herein described construction of means for connecting the meeting ends of rails including two-rails, one having its base and head projecting beyond its web and the said web formed with a vertically disposed V-shaped pocket, the base flange terminating in an angular shoulder, the projecting head being cut to provide an angular tongue, the second rail having its web extending beyond its base and the end of the web V- shaped in plan to be received in the V shaped pocket of the first mentioned rail, the base flange of the said second mentioned rail being cut angularly to contact with the angular base flange ot the first mentioned rail and the head of the rail being cut angularly over the web thereof to provide a tongue which engages with the tongue of the first mentioned rail and the said tongue of the first mentioned rail adapted to rest upon the upper surface of the web of the second mentioned rail, and means for connecting the rail ends.

2. in a rail joint, two rails, one oi said rails having its web at its end formed with a vertically disposed la -shaped pocket, its head. out at different angles to provide the same with an upper and a lower tongue, the second rail having the end of its web V- shaped in plan to be received in the pocket of first mentioned rail having its head out angularly in opposite directions to provide upper and lower tonguea the web of the said second mentioned rail being extended below the upper tongue oi the said rail, and the angular faces of the tongues of both the rails adapted to engage when the rails are assembled, and the lower tongue of the first mentioned rail adapted to be supported upon the upper surface the web of the second mentioned rail, means for connecting the rail ends.

in testimony whereof I afiin my signa- DAVIS. 

